There can be a number of reasons that people decide to downsize their homes, which include reduced mortgage payments, less area to clean and children leaving the house. No matter the reason, people need a place to keep their possessions when moving into a smaller home.

Homeowners who are downsizing in Toronto have a number of options where to store their belongings during and after a move to a smaller home. Toronto public storage will give homeowners a sense of security, knowing their possessions are safely locked away.

Housing markets across the world seem to be cooling a bit, so people shouldn't expect to make a lot of money when they downsize, but the savings from a smaller home may be too good to pass up.

"One of the dangers for downsizers is that fewer people are making money on their properties so their ability to trade up is less," Miles Shipside, the director at Rightmove, an online real estate portal in the United Kingdom, told The Independent. "There are also more people downsizing than buying larger homes and not enough people wanting to get on the property ladder."

Self storage can be a smart way to hang on to valuable items without taking up room in a house or apartment. For Toronto storage solutions, there's no better than Jiffy Self Storage. Those interested in self storage should check out the affordable rates on Jiffy's website, where they can also enter to win a free iPad 3.